was a
town
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Origin and use
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located in
Katori District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...
,
Japan
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.
Taiei is located on Route 51 from
Narita to
Sawara. It has a very scenic countryside with views of the
Narita International Airport
Narita International Airport ( ja, 成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) , also known as Tokyo-Narita, formerly and originally known as , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airpo ...
runways and aircraft. At Raikodai there is a large industrial estate.
Modern Taiei Town was established on February 11, 1955 through the merger of the villages of Shoei and Osuka.
On March 27, 2006, Taiei, along with the town of
Shimofusa (also from
Katori District),
was merged into the expanded city of
Narita, and thus no longer exists as an independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
.
In February 2006 (the last data available before its merger into Narita), the town had an estimated
population
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of 12,507 and a
population density
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of 247 persons per km². Its total area was 50.57 km².
External links
Taiei official website (Archive)
Narita official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Narita, Chiba
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